[Savannah-hackers] Re: %2F in arg to viewcvs doesn't work

[Stefan Monnier]

> > Why not ?  %2F is the encoding of / so it should work just as well.
> 
> Well, try http://www.caliban.org/bash/ and
> http://www.caliban.org%2Fbash/ and tell me if it works as as well.

Are you saying that the %-expansion in URLs is supposed to take place after
splitting the URL path into path-elements such that d/a%2Fb is not the
file b in directory d/a but is file "a/b" in directory d ?
What is the purpose of such a distinction in the case of viewcvs
where the clearly cannot be a file with name "a/b" ?

> > I have such "smart bookmarks" setup for google search, merriam-webster,
> > you name it...  It's very handy.
> Ok, I get it. 
> The problem is probably your %2F.

How would I determine whether it's a problem with my browser expanding
/ into %2F or whether it's a problem with viewcvs not substituting
%2f with / ?


        Stefan